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- September 28th, 2012, 3:18 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71736
Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
I also would love to see that parking lot developed - artist lofts/apartments? I imagine though it makes pretty good $$ being so close to the Basilica, the school, etc. I don't know -- it never seems that full to me, and it probably isn't commanding the pricing that a lot closer to the downtown cor...
- September 28th, 2012, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
- Replies: 136
- Views: 51889
The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
From the Biz Journal : Associated Bank has selected Ryan Cos. US Inc. to redevelop its property at the corner of Snelling and Selby avenues in St. Paul. A new Associated Bank branch will be part of the mixed-use project at 176 N. Snelling Ave., which now contains a three-story office building with a...
- September 28th, 2012, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
- Replies: 445
- Views: 71736
Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
I'd love to see the parking lot at Maple St. and Harmon Place (next to Loring Park and Joe's Garage) redeveloped. What a waste of a great site. That parking lot can't be that lucrative, can it?
- September 28th, 2012, 12:09 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 22249
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
Yes, I'm not sure what it would take to achieve that, but I agree that we should continue moving in that direction.This idea makes me want to just remove the ramps to/from Washington Avenue entirely and reconfigure 3rd/4th to handle traffic in all directions.
- September 28th, 2012, 11:24 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Five15 on the Park - 515 15th Avenue South
- Replies: 187
- Views: 46480
Re: Fine Assoc LLC Development - Cedar Riverside
Pretty sure this is the Currie Park Lofts, which has been sloshing around in pre-development FOREVER.
- September 28th, 2012, 11:07 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line (Hiawatha LRT)
- Replies: 628
- Views: 246709
- September 28th, 2012, 10:56 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 174856
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
Looking at it critically, I don't think the bus tunnel is a bad idea, although I'd have a lot of concerns about it's execution. Unlike the theoretical Bottineau Underground, this would probably need to be a cut and cover tunnel, so it probably messes with all sorts of utility issues, and the vertica...
- September 26th, 2012, 10:57 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
- Replies: 124
- Views: 21697
Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Head full of rocks, story of my life.You guys know a lot about rocks.
- September 26th, 2012, 10:12 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 174856
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
Btw, I disagree that Nicollet Mall is a success for transit. It's definitely a success for pedestrians and urban design, but it's overcapacity at peak today - imagine what it was like 30 years ago when the buses on it had twice the peak hour frequency. No wonder transit took a dump in the last cent...
- September 25th, 2012, 10:09 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
- Replies: 124
- Views: 21697
Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Just to clarify, the stone used at the WCCO building is a dolomitic limestone commonly called Kasota Stone. It's harder and more stable than regular limestone. Sandstone is a whole different animal, although (as you suggest) there was a lot of it quarried in the region, including some at closed quar...
- September 25th, 2012, 8:53 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Block E (archive)
- Replies: 351
- Views: 106475
Re: Block E
AMC theatre left Block E because of a landlord-tenant dispute and that AMC would have liked to stay put. As I understand it, AMC had a lease that allowed them to operate there essentially lease free, as long as they weren't very profitable. So, it was a great deal for them and no wonder they wanted...
- September 25th, 2012, 8:49 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Minneapolis Streetcar System
- Replies: 272
- Views: 45005
Re: Minneapolis Streetcar System
In a word, no.I vote for the cut and cover LRT idea especially between Lake/Nicollet and Central/Hennepin because it could interline Southwest via the Greenway continuing on to a line towards Rosedale someday.
That's under consideration, right?
- September 25th, 2012, 8:46 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 223478
Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)
This outlet mall better be the best thing since sliced bread the way it's been talked up on this forum.
- September 24th, 2012, 11:08 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346461
Re: MSP Airport
If you want to be a major player in the airport world you HAVE to have AT LEAST one major hotel/conference center that is actually on-site! I'm surprised this isn't a bigger feature of the redevelopment actually. The article is pretty clear that this is a short term solution until the site for the ...
- September 19th, 2012, 10:48 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Great Minneapolis Fire of 1893
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1795
Great Minneapolis Fire of 1893
A bit of history that I knew nothing about until recently.
Interesting how you can still in many ways see the lingering urban effects of this fire over a hundred years later.
Interesting how you can still in many ways see the lingering urban effects of this fire over a hundred years later.
- September 19th, 2012, 10:32 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Dock Street Flats - (333 Washington Avenue North)
- Replies: 144
- Views: 43092
Re: Dock Street Apartments - (333 Washington Avenue North)
I think in this case, what they're really referring to is technically known as the Third Avenue Distributor Ramps.
- September 19th, 2012, 9:43 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Parks Master Plan
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2659
Re: North Loop Park
Hooray! About time. Expect the new park will be very kid/family friendly. Perhaps a gazebo for free outdoor concerts? Sorry, that made me think of this: Kankakee County was rated last out of 354 metropolitan areas ranked in the United States and Canada by the Places Rated Almanac. Late night televi...
- September 18th, 2012, 8:11 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346461
Re: MSP Airport
I agree with pretty much everything you've said, MSPtoMKE. I had heard, though, that Great Lakes was going to be moving to T2, which doesn't make much sense to me, since (as you suggested) those A and B Concourse gates will likely be less and less useful to Delta, and since most people flying on Gre...
- September 18th, 2012, 9:24 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13403
Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)
From the "Morning Take" political newsletter: BUZZ: A new effort to have a train connecting The Depot in St. Paul to Shakopee attractions Mystic Lake, Valley Fair and Canterbury Downs will conduct a tour today with legislators as invited guests. Does anybody know anything about this? Would...
- September 16th, 2012, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346461
Re: MSP Airport
Posted this in the other link, but... The FAA's new NextGen air traffic control system could have a major impact on increasing the capacity of the runways at MSP, as well as potentially decreasing the sound impacts (at least for landing aircraft -- probably doesn't impact those taking off). at the p...